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In aims to provide interconnection of publications in international scientific journals using Digital Object Identification - DOI, our editorial office incorporated the journal "Social aspects of population health" into international reference system CrossRef.
Since 2016 DOI will be assigned to all scientific articles published in our journal free of charge.

Also DOI will be assigned to all articles published in 2014 and 2015 free of charge as well

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Abstract.Topicality. On the bases of the data
presented in the native and foreign literature, weâve defined that the
issue of studying contemporary preferences and difficulties that
patients encountered when choosing a dental organization is important.

Objective: To determine the factors influencing the patientsâ
preferences and difficulties in the choice of the attending physician
and dental organizations in Krasnoyarsk.

Research problems: 1. To identify the main preferences arising
when patients choose dental organization and attending physician. 2. To
identify the main difficulties arising when patients choose dental
organization and attending physician.

Materials and Methods: The study of dental patientsâ opinion
was conducted by means of sociological research in the form of survey in
the city of Krasnoyarsk (open and closed questions were presented in
the questionnaire). 508 people were interviewed in the city of
Krasnoyarsk by the method of random sampling without repetitions (sample
meets the requirements adopted by the quantitative and qualitative
representation).

Results: Important patientsâ preferences when choosing dental
organizations and the physician include: the ability to use remote
recording methods to the dentist (recording over the phone, via the
internet services began to use more than 55% of respondents.

Among the main difficulties in choosing dental organizations and the
physician the following problems should be noted: the lack of personal
funds in 26.0% of cases; long queues â 18.3%.

The most important for the patients have appeared such criteria as
sterility and painlessness of the procedures, aesthetic results of the
treatment, complications and defects treatment under warranty.

The results let get an idea about the patientsâ preferences of dental
care and the difficulties patients encountered in the process of this
choice.

Jones K. An evaluation of the discriminant and predictive validity
of relative social disadvantage as screening criteria for priority
access to public general dental care, in Australia. BMC Health Services Research 2014; 14: 106.

Luzzi L, Spencer AJ. Factors influencing the use of public dental services: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. BMC Health Services Research 2008; 8: 893.